Entertainment & Sports
Dec. 9, 2022
Stream it Tonight! The Trial of the Chicago 7 (2020)
The conspiracy trial was political theater from beginning to end. It should be remembered as a battle in the culture wars rather than as a serious criminal trial.
Michael Asimow
Professor
UCLA School of Law
Email: asimow@law.ucla.edu
Michael is Dean's Executive professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, teaching contracts as well as law and popular culture.
Paul Bergman
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Law
Email: bergman@law.ucla.edu
Paul continues teaching evidence.
Why watch: A highly entertaining dramatization of the conspiracy trial of radical leaders of the chaotic demonstrations at the 1967 Democratic National Convention.
Anti-establishment and anti-Vietnam War protestors descended on Chicago in 1967 to demonstrate against the nomination of Hubert Humphrey at the Democratic National Convention. The City refused to issue a permit for the demonstrations, which turned into an armed and bloody...
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